If you use a Mac, chances are you regularly adjust the volume using your keyboard\’s volume keys. They\’re handy enough, but the volume increment is pretty large. There are at least two hidden options that people are not often aware of. 1) Fine tune volume in OS X by holding down Alt(Option)+Shift then pressing the […]
SFX: The Daleks and World War II is a pretty splendid combination. Was that actually your pitch or was it something that Steven requested? Mark Gatiss: “Steven simply said ‘Churchill vs the Daleks!’ And that’s one of those pitches that you want to be given. It’s not like ‘Picnic with a man’! It’s very exciting. […]
They (the Broadband providers) keep saying that we are getting the best service ever, but next time you pay your broadband bill, consider what you are getting for your money. Then consider Hong Kong residents can now buy 1,000Mbps symmetrical broadband service for $26 per month. Symmetrical broadband offers identical upstream and downstream speeds, so […]
Draconian UK law gets SeedF**cked A block of 86 lines of C# code is creating a buzz online following claims it may make BitTorrent downloads untraceable. The code, sweetly named SeedF*cker, is actually an exploit discovered last November that would allow a BitTorent user to fake the IP address of a server from where a […]
Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors are looking at the first episode of  Doctor Who (Season 5), and seeing what conspiracy theories can be generated…. Okay, if you haven’t seen the first episode of the new Doctor Who season/series, you may be a bit flummoxed. But stick with it. Bleeding Cool believes that Steven […]
The good news is: Syfy\’s no longer condemning its strongest programs to the Friday night death slot of death. The bad news is: the move comes because Syfy is picking up World Wrestling Entertainment\’s hit program Friday Night Smackdown. As The Hollywood Reporter puts it somewhat drily, \’It\’s just the network\’s latest step away from […]
Now Eyrie Productions (http://www.eyrie.net) has a mixed track record regarding their Fan Fiction. Â Often, it\’s good, but they do so often cross the line into Mary Sue-isms with their characters. That isn\’t necessarily bad, but it\’s not great. Â After all, Ensign Newbie shouldn\’t be able to take over from Captain Kirk, at least not within […]
After an unusually long wait, Apple has finally released updated models of its MacBook Pro line of notebooks. The 15\’ and 17\’ models offer the latest Core i5 and i7 processors, though the 13\’ model still uses a Core 2 Duo processor. But new processors aren\’t the only improvement; Apple has also seen fit to […]